For some time, my dear Mr. C has been wishing for a snuggly Ushanka. He spied this rich purple fur hanging out in my stash a while ago and proceeded to beg that it become such a snuggly hat - not request but beg. As I have been slowly moving my enormous stash to our tiny apartment, I brought this fabric home as covertly as possible. However, I was not covert enough. He saw it and wanted to know when I would be making his snuggly hat. I found the opportunity to torture him a bit until Christmas; I responded that I would not be making any snuggly hat with this fabric and would instead be making the baby a bear. It nearly brought up tears (insert evil laughter here). I used Vogue 7981, which seems to now be in their out of print section.
I did have to redraft it so that it would fit my handsome hubby's XXL head (25"). It ended up fitting perfectly. As long as I was there, I figured that I would make it a father/son moment and make one for the little beastie, which I need to let out. Kids' 
heads really reach close to adult size quite quickly. These are pics from our post Christmas trip to Portland, where Snuggly hats were well worn and appreciated.
